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– The First Circuit is set to hear the appeal in two cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act on April 4 — Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. United States, both of which won on different grounds at the district court level.

– A woman has been charged in the recent shooting of a DC gay man, one of several recent acts of anti-LGBT violence in the city.

– A Bank of America official has come out strongly against North Carolina’s Amendment One, saying it “has the potential to have a disastrous effect on our ability to attract talent and keep talent in the state of North Carolina.” The vote is in 43 days.

– A Minnesota wedding photographer changed the name of his studio to “StudioSame: Capturing Love and Family—For Everyone” in protest of the state’s proposed marriage inequality amendment.

– New York City is re-evaluating its policy of requiring evidence of sex reassignment surgery when offering new birth certificates to transgender citizens.

– After nearly 500,000 signed the Change.org petition to lower the rating on the new documentary Bully, the Weinstein Company has decided to release the film “unrated.” AMC Theaters has pledged to distribute the film to make sure communities can see it.

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